modern-editor
Mithril.js
modern-editor | Mithril.js | |
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14 | 13,896 | |
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10.0 | 3.4 | |
over 7 years ago | 13 days ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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modern-editor
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Ask HN: Help me pick a front-end framework
> "building a text-annotation based app"
I'm going to assume that you are talking about a desktop-based webapp that is also responsive, and not a native app. I also believe you when you say that you do not know where you are getting into.
I have 10+ years of experience doing front-end, with probably over a dozen React packages self-published in npm, and also tried making a rich text editor ~6 years back[1]. I actually recommend starting with no framework at all (please read on).
Creating a rich text editor might be the hardest thing you can do in "normal" front-end (excluding some more advanced "frontend" fields like 3D or games). You can either manipulate raw cursors, which will be very tricky because I'm not even sure you have access to all the right APIs (specially on mobile), or you can attempt to use Contenteditable, which is a hell of its own[2].
"All problems start with caret placing and multi browser support" [3]
That said, I believe 90% of the complexity of your app will be here, around the actual interaction with the or <div contenteditable> that you will be using. For that, no framework will really help you, at all. So my recommendation is to first get that working, which will take weeks/months and hundreds or thousands of lines of code, and then worry about placing the little hovering boxes in their place (the "UI"), which is like 10 lines of JS/CSS[4].<p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/franciscop/modern-editor" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/franciscop/modern-editor</a><p>[2] <a href="https://answerly.io/blog/my-pain-developing-a-wysiwyg-editor-with-contenteditable/" rel="nofollow">https://answerly.io/blog/my-pain-developing-a-wysiwyg-editor...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27938702" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27938702</a><p>[4] <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/4495626/938236" rel="nofollow">https://stackoverflow.com/q/4495626/938236</a>
Mithril.js
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Ask HN: I can no longer like React, do you?
I don’t enjoy React much, but (as I’ve commented before) I do love Mithril (https://mithril.js.org). Immediate-mode UI via a vDOM, like React, but small, simple, and with none of the reactivity complications. I’d never go back to building apps with pure JS.
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Mithril.js: A Modern Framework for JavaScript
You can find more information about Mithril.js on its official website.
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Ludic: New framework for Python with seamless Htmx support
The idea of nested function calls to build HTML is not new. Back in the hey-day of JS frameworks, this was a common vdom pattern. I kinda miss [MithrilJS](https://mithril.js.org/#dom-elements)
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No CMS? Writing Our Blog in React
I have mixed feelings about React. I like it better than jQuery, and better than other JS frameworks I’ve used.
But I much prefer Mithril (https://mithril.js.org/), which offers the same immediate-mode advantages (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19746235) but without the crazy complex dependency-tracking reactivity.
I rather liked this comment on React: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640051
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VueJS turns 10 years old
Vue with Vite (the builder/runner) is a stable, open source option. It is really a lightweight start where you're mostly writing HTML with interpolated data, and Vue is updating values correctly and performantly. Just build your reactive HTML app in one file and break into separate components as you're feeling the spirit. https://vuejs.org/guide/quick-start
Mithril if you just want to drop in want a tiny, complete reactive library that doesn't require a build step--this one is most like what you might end up creating in a large jQuery app. You can understand everything from the homepage. https://mithril.js.org/
HTMX if you really like HTML conventions. This doesn't feel jQuery-like and depends on your approach to your server app. https://htmx.org/
- VanJS: A 0.9KB JavaScript UI framework
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HTMX for pages with heavy user interactivity
React is still has gratuitous complexity. If you need some React like, take a look at mithril which is simpler and much smaller.
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Lodash just declared issue bankruptcy and closed every issue and open PR
The submitter creating multiple var -> let PRs (one PR per file), was also doing this in other projects, and would've broken some of their users.
https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2880#pullreques...
And he created multiple PRs there too. And didn't follow their workflow...
- Produce HTML from S-Expressions
- Vanjs
What are some alternatives?
htmx - </> htmx - high power tools for HTML
Alpine.js - A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior in your markup.
DefinitelyTyped - The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Preact - ⚛️ Fast 3kB React alternative with the same modern API. Components & Virtual DOM.
structured-text
riot - Simple and elegant component-based UI library
inferno - :fire: An extremely fast, React-like JavaScript library for building modern user interfaces
Vue.js - This is the repo for Vue 2. For Vue 3, go to https://github.com/vuejs/core
Aurelia 1 - The Aurelia 1 framework entry point, bringing together all the required sub-modules of Aurelia.
Svelte - Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Rete.js - Rete.js is a framework for creating visual interfaces and workflows. It provides out-of-the-box solutions for visualization using various libraries and frameworks, as well as solutions for processing graphs based on dataflow and control flow approaches.
htmx-demo - Very simple demonstration of the use of htmx with Spring Boot and Thymeleaf.